66 Appeals from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission to the Supreme Court

66  Appeals from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission to the Supreme Court

(1)     The Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 is amended as follows.

(2)     Before section 8 insert—

“7B Appeals to Supreme Court: grant of certificate by Commission

(1)     If the Special Immigration Appeals Commission is satisfied that—

(a)     the conditions in subsection (4) or (5) are fulfilled in relation to a final determination to which section 7(1) or (1A) applies, and

(b)     in respect of that final determination, a sufficient case for an appeal to the Supreme Court has been made out to justify an application under section 7C,

the Commission may grant a certificate to that effect.

(2)     The Commission may grant a certificate under this section only on an application made by a party to the appeal or review to which the final determination relates.

(3)     The Commission may not grant a certificate under this section if the final determination is made by the Commission in Scotland.

(4)     The conditions in this subsection are that a point of law of general public importance is involved in the final determination and that point of law is—

(a)     a point of law that—

(i)     relates wholly or

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